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equivalent to freebsd fetch
Hi,
is there any program with similar functionality as FreeBSD /usr/bin/fetch in OpenBSD installation (not ports)? Thanks. |
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http://openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#site |
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Thanks, yes, I referred to fetch(3), but I was thinking about some general download utility, not about installing packages. But I think I will get along with nc(1).
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Thanks! That's what I was looking for.
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the ftp command is usually the most convenient thing, short of installing wget everywhere. Since a base level of 'ftp' client is essentially included on all BSD systems, Microsoft Windows NT, and probably a lot of Linux distros.
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OpenBSD's ftp(1) utility is wonderful; I am especially digging that I do not need to install anything extra (like wget, or curl) just to download the target URL.
Sadly, the as-per-usual FTP client on Linux is not as useful (IMO) as the OpenBSD client. |
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It made sense for them to turn ftp(1) into a general purpose "fetcher" for the install media and for the package/port system.
If you look in the OpenBSD -CURRENT source for ftp, you'll notice that if it's compiled for SMALL.. it is only a fetcher, and cannot be used to upload files to an FTP server. You'll also notice that NetBSD and FreeBSD support HTTP in ftp, it's not only an OpenBSD thing. |
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